Thursday, December 2, 2010

MRSA Signs and Symptoms


Generally manifested by skin diseases, MRSA’s symptoms vary from person to person, according to the specific strain of MRSA bacteria affecting them. Symptoms which affects the skin vary from simple rashes to abscesses. Less serious symptoms are rashes or red patches on the skin; cellulitis or small red bumps in the skin that could develop into infection right within the skin; and a sty that is a small infection of an oil gland of the eyelid. Rashes, bumps and a sty may be caused by basic bacteria but they mustn't be ignored specially when more than one occurs simultaneously or at a close interval.

Since MRSA are resistant strains of bacteria,
numerous antibiotics utilized to treat MRSA have been taken out of the list, making us fewer options of MRSA symptoms treatment to pick from. Other symptoms not involving skin diseases are fever, chills, shortness of breath, low blood pressure, joint pains and severe headaches. Strains of MRSA such as CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA infections are much more likely to causes more damage and complications for instance endocarditis, necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, sepsis. These complications happen to be the main cause of a high MRSA mortality rate.